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THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
GAZETTE
AUGUST 1976
VOL. 70 NO. 6
SOCIETY CONSULTS LEADING AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONALIST
the
Society's
new
Professional
course
in
Legal Training which will commence in 1978. Mr.
O'Leary, who is a practising Barrister, and previously
had practised for a number of years as a Solicitor,
established the Legal Workshop at the Australian
National University which is seen as a fore-runner in
the field of Legal Professional training. The course is
a whole-time course which trains both prospective
Solicitors and Barristers and is operated by a small
full-time teaching staff supported by a large number
of "consultants" who are members of the Legal Pro-
fesson and assist in the programme on a part-time
basis. The consultants comprise Judges, members of
the Bar, Solicitors, Civil Servants and members of
other professions who are asked to assist in the course
for not more than a few days each year.
The
Society's
prospective
Professional
Law
School will hopefully operate on somewhat similar
lines and during his meetings with the Education
Advisory Committee, members of the Education Com-
mittee and Officers of the Society Mr. O'Leary has
been able to offer much useful advice and assistance
to us.
Mr. O'Leary is the current President of the Law
Council of Australia and in that capacity has recently
represented Australian Lawyers at the American Bar
Association Bicentennial Conference in Atlanta and
at the International Bar Association Conference in
Stockholm.
Mr. O'Leary meets members of the
Education Advisory Committee
Back Row, from left, Messrs. Rory O'Donnell, Brian Overend,
Laurence Shields and Joseph Dundon. Front Row, from left,
Messrs. Harry Sexton, Kevin O'Leary, John Buckley (Chair-
man) and Maurice Curran.
The Director of the Legal Workshop at the Aus-
tralian National University in Canberra Mr. Kevin
F. O'Leary visited Dublin at the end of August at the
invitation of the Society to discuss and advise on
PAX ROMANA
The 9th International Conference of the Lawyers
Section of Pax Romana was held in Dublin from 29th
August to 3rd September, 1976. Pax Romana is a
Catholic Association of University graduates and pro-
fessionals to represent the intellectual elite of the
Catholic religion; practically every profession has a
branch of its own, and the International Lawyers
Section purports to represent Catholic lawyers
throughout the world. At its previous International
Conferences, it has dealt with various themes such as
The Family and the Legal Order, Paris, 1953, and the
useful subject of Respect for Humanity in the
Application of the Criminal Law, Rome, 1956. Further
topics discussed were Law and International Peace,
Luxembourg, 1959, Law and the Social Order, Bo c hum/
Ruhr, 1962, and Freedom of Religion in Salamanca,
1965. A strong Irish delegation, which included Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce St. J.
Blake, went to Salamanca in 1965. Conferences have
also been held in Dakar, 1968, Fribourg, 1971 and
Detroit, 1974, before proceeding to Dublin in 1976
About 70% of the participants were French.
The Conference started on Sunday, 29th August,
1976, with a Latin Mass in the Pro-Cathedral under
the Presidency of His Excellency Most Rev. Dr. Ali-
brandi, Nuncio Apostolic and the President, Maitre
Pettiti delivered his Inaugural Address in the after-
noon in the Mater Dei Institute on "The Lawyers, the
Church and the Rights of Man. The two themes of
the Dublin Conference were Family Law and the
Fourth World — the problem of the poor who for
some physical or mental reason are unable to support
themselves, or who do not come within the scheme
of State Aid. Lectures and discussions were held in
Belfield and the General Family Report was presented
by Mr. James O'Reilly while the Irish Family Report
was presented by Mr. Gavan Duffy and the Irish
Report on the Fourth World by Sister Stanislaus.
Delegates had an opportunity to visit the State
Apartments, as well as the antiquities of Kells, Melli-
font, Monasterboyce and Glendalough. They were
most grateful to the Attorney General for providing a
splendid reception in Iveagh House, as well as to His
Grace, the Archbishop, when they were received by
Dr. O'Mahony in Clonliffe College, to Mr. Moore for
receiving them in the Law Society and to Monsignor
Fee for their kind reception in Maynooth.
Amongst the distinguished participants were Maitre
Louis Pettiti (Paris), President, Maitre Lombard,
Deputy Mayor of Marseilles. Professor
Salves,
troni (Florence), Mr. M. Penty, Solicitor (Isleworth,
near London), Professor Verdier, President of Nanterre
University, Professor Wagner
(Detroit,
U.S.A.),
Maitre Visée (Belgium), Maitre Wittgen (Luxembourg),
Maitre Jacob (Paris), Father Ngundi (Zaire) and Pro-
fessor Wilpert (Cologne).